I had a big taco salad for lunch today that was about as healthy as you can get it while using ground beef. Only about 215 calories and I feel nice and full. No cheese or tortilla chips, but I used a low sodium seasoning packet so I could use extra for some oomph without it being super salty. Left the taco meat a little watery so the sauce could filter down all over the lettuce. I soaked the romaine in ice cold water before chopping it and sending it through the salad spinner so that it would be extra crispy. That sort of makes up for no tortilla chips. And luckily or me I've never been a huge cheese eater so I don't miss it too much. Over all a healthy, satisfying lunch :)

I don't now how it works with some people, but I find aversion therapy works for me. My diet was easy to control when I looked at my diabetes risks.

Now that I have diabetes, it was inevitable, I now use the idea of one shot a day of non-insulin or having to go on insulin with 4 shots a day and a much stricter diet with the added benefits of possible amputation, blindness, etc.

I've swapped ground beef with the leanest ground turkey. Just as good for half the calories!

I don't enjoy the flavor of ground turkey as much, it's a little expensive, and it's not that much lower in calories than ground beef that is drained and rinsed. After you get rid of the grease all that's left is lean.

I don't enjoy the flavor of ground turkey as much, it's a little expensive, and it's not that much lower in calories than ground beef that is drained and rinsed. After you get rid of the grease all that's left is lean.

When I'm cooking crumbled ground beef for tacos or in a spaghetti sauce, I will cook it well, so that most of the fat is rendered and then pour in some water, stir around and then drain in a colander, gets rid of a ton of grease that isn't really needed.